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Thu, 24 May 2018 17:59:20 +0000enhourly1http://wordpress.com/http://s0.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.pngOscars Ratings – TV By The Numbers by zap2it.comhttp://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com
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They made up for it some, however, in the first three days of delayed viewing. Six shows grew by at least a full ratings point in adults 18-49, the most since week 7 of the season. “This Is Us” had the biggest bump of 1.5 points (2.5 to 4.0).

“The Good Doctor,” per usual, had the largest total-viewer boost (5.2 million) and doubled its 18-49 rating. Outside the top 25, three other ABC shows — “Designated Survivor,” “Agents of SHIELD” and “Once Upon a Time” — also at least doubled their 18-49 numbers.

]]>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-23-broadcast-live-3-ratings-feb-26-march-4-2018/feed/0tvbnrickLow Oscars still carries ABC to No. 1: Week 23 broadcast Top 25 and network rankingshttp://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/weekly-ratings/week-23-broadcast-top-25-and-network-rankings-feb-26-march-4-2018/
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/weekly-ratings/week-23-broadcast-top-25-and-network-rankings-feb-26-march-4-2018/#respondTue, 06 Mar 2018 20:11:34 +0000http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/?p=516502The 90th Oscars hit historic lows in the Nielsen ratings — and were still far and away the top show on television in the week of Feb. 26.

The 6.8 rating among adults 18-49 for the awards more than doubled the rating for the second-place show (3.2 for the last segment of ABC’s red carpet coverage). In total viewers, the Oscars (26.54 million) had a 93 percent advantage over “The Big Bang Theory’s” 13.76 million.

Here are the network standings for last week and the season so far.

Feb. 26-March 4

ABC

CBS

CW

FOX

NBC

TEL

UNI

Adults 18-49 rating/share (rank)

1.9/8 (1)

0.9/3 (3)

0.4/2 (6t)

0.8/3 (4)

1.1/4 (2)

0.4/2 (6t)

0.6/2 (5)

Viewers in millions (rank)

7.63 (1)

6.76 (2)

1.16 (6)

2.82 (4)

5.06 (3)

1.14 (7)

1.75 (5)

Season to date

ABC

CBS

CW

FOX

NBC

TEL

UNI

Adults 18-49 rating/share (rank)

1.4/6 (4)

1.6/6 (3)

0.6/2 (5)

1.7/6 (2)

2.6/10 (1)

0.5/2 (6t)

0.5/2 (6t)

Viewers in millions (rank)

5.88 (3)

9.04 (1)

1.74 (5)

5.52 (4)

10.07 (1)

1.28 (7)

1.56 (6)

Current week ratings are live + same-day. Season-to-date ratings are “most current,” a combination of Live +7 and same-day ratings.

We already knew the Oscars pulled in their smallest TV audience since total-viewer measurement began. Sunday’s final numbers show just how much the show was down year to year.

ABC’s 26.54 million viewers was down 19 percent vs. the 32.94 million who tuned in for the 2017 awards. The decline was steeper among adults 18-49: The 6.8 rating for the show was down 25 percent from last year’s 9.1.

FOX’s Billy Graham special was not included in the final ratings. Its fast national numbers are noted with asterisks below.

Upward adjustments in adults 18-49 are in blue; downward adjustments are in red.

Time

Show

Adults 18-49 rating/share

Viewers (millions)

7 p.m.

Oscars Opening Ceremony: Live from the Red Carpet (ABC) – S

2.7/11

11.57

60 Minutes (CBS)

0.8/3

6.59

Dateline (NBC)

0.6/3

4.09

Billy Graham: An Extraordinary Journey (FOX) – S

0.5/2*

2.86*

8 p.m.

The Oscars (ABC) (8-11:54 p.m.)

6.8/24

26.54

Movie: Furious 7 (NBC) (8-11 p.m.)

0.6/2

2.29

The Simpsons (FOX) – R

0.5/2

1.48

NCIS (CBS) – R

0.4/2

4.24

8:30 p.m.

Ghosted (FOX) – R

0.4/1

1.00

9 p.m.

Family Guy (FOX) – R

0.5/2

1.21

Bull (CBS) – R

0.4/1

3.90

9:30 p.m.

LA to Vegas (FOX) – R

0.4/1

1.02

10 p.m.

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) – R

0.4/1

3.53

Network averages:

ABC

NBC

CBS

FOX

Adults 18-49 rating/share

6.0/21

0.6/2

0.5/2

0.4/1

Total Viewers (millions)

19.87

2.74

4.57

1.18

Definitions:
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.

Note: ABC’s live Oscars broadcast may result in greater adjustments than usual in the final ratings.

The numbers for Sunday:

Time

Show

Adults 18-49 rating/share

Viewers (millions)

7 p.m.

Oscars Opening Ceremony: Live from the Red Carpet (ABC) – S

4.0/16

16.57

60 Minutes (CBS)

0.8/3

6.55

Dateline (NBC)

0.6/3

4.05

Billy Graham: An Extraordinary Journey (FOX) – S

0.5/2

2.86

8 p.m.

The Oscars (ABC) (8-11:54 p.m.)

6.4/22

26.50*

Movie: Furious 7 (NBC) (8-11 p.m.)

0.6/2

2.25

The Simpsons (FOX) – R

0.5/2

1.47

NCIS (CBS) – R

0.4/2

4.24

8:30 p.m.

Ghosted (FOX) – R

0.4/1

0.99

9 p.m.

Family Guy (FOX) – R

0.5/2

1.22

Bull (CBS) – R

0.4/1

3.90

9:30 p.m.

LA to Vegas (FOX) – R

0.4/1

1.04

10 p.m.

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) – R

0.4/1

3.51

*Time zone-adjusted ratings.

UPDATE: Time zone-adjusted ratings have the Oscars broadcast bringing in its smallest audience ever, 26.5 million viewers, and it’s not close.

The previous low was 32 million viewers for the 2008 ceremony. Pending further updates, Sunday’s nearly four-hour show comes in 17 percent below that; it’s about 20 percent behind last year’s audience of 32.94 million.

We’re awaiting updated adults 18-49 figures and will post when we have them. The original post is below.

—–

Early ratings for the Oscars are down significantly from the 2017 ceremony, suggesting another multi-year low for the awards show.

In metered-market households, ABC scored an 18.9 rating/32 share, down about 16 percent from last year’s 22.4/36. In the fast nationals, total viewers are also down 16 percent (vs. a preliminary 29.07 million last year), and the show’s 6.4 rating is off 26 percent vs. 8.7 in 2017.

The show extended well past 11 p.m. ET, so ABC’s numbers will likely adjust up some (if the network releases time zone-adjusted numbers later in the day, we’ll update the post). But it’s looking like the Oscars will end up below last year’s show, which posted nine-year lows in total viewers and 20-year lows in the 18-49 demographic.

Network averages:

ABC

NBC

CBS

FOX

Adults 18-49 rating/share

5.8/20

0.6/2

0.5/2

0.5/2

Total Viewers (millions)

22.45

2.70

4.55

1.74

Definitions:
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.

Source: The Nielsen Company.

]]>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-sunday-march-4-2018/feed/1oscars-ratings-march-4-18tvbnrickMarch 2018 TV premiere calendar: Dates and times for 90 new and returning showshttp://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/march-2018-tv-premiere-calendar-dates-and-times-for-90-new-and-returning-shows/
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/march-2018-tv-premiere-calendar-dates-and-times-for-90-new-and-returning-shows/#respondThu, 01 Mar 2018 17:33:24 +0000http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/?p=516341Here are premiere dates for new and returning series in March 2018. All times are ET/PT unless noted, and new shows are in italics.

The list below does not include return dates for shows that aired in the fall.

]]>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/march-2018-tv-premiere-calendar-dates-and-times-for-90-new-and-returning-shows/feed/0roseanne-march-2018-premierestvbnrickThe 100 most-watched TV programs of 2017: Super Bowl LI laps the fieldhttp://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/the-100-most-watched-tv-programs-of-2017-super-bowl-li-laps-the-field/
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/the-100-most-watched-tv-programs-of-2017-super-bowl-li-laps-the-field/#commentsThu, 28 Dec 2017 22:59:38 +0000http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/?p=514591That the Super Bowl is the most-watched TV program of the year should be no surprise to anyone. It’s been No. 1 for, oh, 30-some years running.

Here’s how far ahead of everything else Super Bowl LI was in 2017: Its average audience of 111.32 million viewers was 132 percent larger than the next most-watched primetime program — the AFC Championship game, which averaged 47.95 million viewers.

As was the case with the adults 18-49 rankings for the year, ABC’s Oscars broadcast was the top non-sports show, pulling in 32.94 million viewers. The Grammy Awards (26.07 million) also broke into the top 10.

Aside from sports, “NCIS” was the most frequent entrant in the top 100: 19 episodes of the show made the list. That’s three more than another CBS show, “The Big Bang Theory.”

The figures below are live + same-day viewer numbers, and the list includes only primetime shows. Sports pre- and post-game shows are excluded.

Top 100 primetime telecasts (including ties) of 2017 in total viewers

Rank

Show

Network

Airdate

Total viewers (millions)

1

Super Bowl LI

FOX

Feb. 5

111.32

2

AFC Championship

CBS

Jan. 22

47.95

3

NFL Divsional Playoff

NBC

Jan. 15

37.11

4

The Oscars

ABC

Feb. 26

32.94

5

NFL Divsional Playoff

CBS

Jan. 14

29.82

6

World Series Game 7

FOX

Nov. 1

28.29

7

NFL Wild-Card Game

NBC

Jan. 7

26.89

8

Grammy Awards

CBS

Feb. 12

26.07

9

NBA Finals Game 5

ABC

June 12

24.53

10

College Football Playoff Championship

ESPN

Jan. 9

24.42

11

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Sept. 10

24.37

12

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Jan. 1

23.82

13

NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship

CBS

April 3

23.01

14

World Series Game 6

FOX

Oct. 31

22.33

15

NFL Kickoff game

NBC

Sept. 7

21.80

16

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Nov. 19

21.06

17

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Sept. 17

20.24

18

NBA Finals Game 3

ABC

June 7

20.10

19

Golden Globe Awards

NBC

Jan. 8

20.02

20

NBA Finals Game 2

ABC

June 4

19.69

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Dec. 3

19.69

22

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Oct. 22

19.24

23

NBA Finals Game 4

ABC

June 9

19.01

24

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Nov. 26

18.95

25

World Series Game 5

FOX

Oct. 29

18.94

26

NCAA FInal Four

CBS

April 1

18.83

27

NBA Finals Game 1

ABC

June 1

18.74

28

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Sept. 25

17.66

29

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Nov. 12

17.51

30

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Sept. 24

17.48

31

Young Sheldon

CBS

Sept. 25

17.22

32

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Dec. 10

17.20

33

NFL Football/Thanksgiving Night

NBC

Nov. 23

16.91

34

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Jan. 5

16.81

35

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Oct. 1

16.73

36

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Oct. 8

16.53

37

NCIS

CBS

Jan. 24

16.21

38

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Oct. 15

16.16

39

Live from the Red Carpet

ABC

Feb. 26

15.88

40

NCIS

CBS

Jan. 3

15.80

Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve part 2

ABC

Dec. 31

15.80

42

Rose Bowl

ESPN

Jan. 2

15.75

43

World Series Game 3

FOX

Oct. 27

15.68

44

America’s Got Talent

NBC

Sept. 20

15.64

45

Thursday Night Football

NBC

Nov. 30

15.60

46

NCIS

CBS

Feb. 7

15.57

47

NCIS

CBS

Jan. 17

15.50

World Series Game 2

FOX

Oct. 25

15.50

49

Thursday Night Football

CBS

Oct. 5

15.45

50

World Series Game 4

FOX

Oct. 28

15.40

51

The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special

CBS

Dec. 3

15.36

52

NCIS

CBS

Feb. 14

15.29

Saturday Night Football

NBC

Dec. 24

15.29

54

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Jan. 19

15.16

55

60 Minutes

CBS

Nov. 5

15.09

56

World Series Game 1

FOX

Oct. 24

14.98

57

NCIS

CBS

Feb. 21

14.87

58

60 Minutes

CBS

Sept. 24

14.83

59

America’s Got Talent

NBC

Sept. 19

14.70

60 Minutes

CBS

March 26

14.70

61

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Feb. 2

14.66

62

Thursday Night Football

CBS

Sept. 28

14.62

63

Thursday Night Football

NBC

Dec. 7

14.61

64

Thursday Night Football

CBS

Oct. 12

14.60

65

Thursday Night Football

CBS

Oct. 19

14.58

66

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Dec. 7

14.41

67

60 Minutes

CBS

Oct. 22

14.39

68

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Nov. 5

14.36

69

NCIS

CBS

March 28

14.35

70

CMA Awards

ABC

Nov. 8

14.28

71

NCIS

CBS

March 7

14.18

72

NCIS

CBS

March 14

14.16

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Nov. 2

14.16

74

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Oct. 2

14.04

75

Sunday Night Football

NBC

Oct. 29

13.86

76

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Nov. 30

13.84

77

NCIS

CBS

April 4

13.83

78

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Nov. 9

13.80

79

Monday Night Football

ESPN

Sept. 25

13.69

80

NCIS

CBS

Oct. 10

13.61

81

Thursday Night Football

NBC

Nov. 16

13.52

82

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Feb. 17

13.51

NCIS

CBS

Oct. 3

13.51

84

NCIS

CBS

Nov. 7

13.47

85

America’s Got Talent

NBC

Aug. 15

13.44

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Nov. 16

13.44

87

NCIS

CBS

May 9

13.39

88

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Feb. 23

13.38

89

60 Minutes

CBS

Oct. 15

13.34

90

America’s Got Talent

NBC

Aug. 15

13.33

NCIS

CBS

April 18

13.33

92

America’s Got Talent

NBC

Aug. 8

13.32

93

NCIS

CBS

Oct. 24

13.30

94

NCIS

CBS

Sept. 26

13.29

95

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Oct. 23

13.21

96

NCIS

CBS

May 16

13.19

97

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Oct. 9

13.14

98

Thursday Night Football

NBC

Nov. 9

13.11

99

NCIS

CBS

Nov. 14

13.09

100

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

March 9

13.08

America’s Got Talent

NBC

July 25

13.08

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Oct. 16

13.08

Source: The Nielsen Company.

]]>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/the-100-most-watched-tv-programs-of-2017-super-bowl-li-laps-the-field/feed/8super-bowl-li-top-100-2017tvbnrickThe 100 highest-rated TV programs of 2017: 60% sports, 40% everything elsehttp://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/the-100-highest-rated-tv-programs-of-2017-60-sports-40-everything-else/
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/the-100-highest-rated-tv-programs-of-2017-60-sports-40-everything-else/#commentsThu, 28 Dec 2017 22:30:18 +0000http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/?p=514582Sports media has been abuzz for most of the NFL season about how ratings for the league’s games are down. It’s true; on the whole, the NFL’s TV audience has declined by about 9 percent this season.

What’s also true is that drop mirrors the overall drop in ratings among broadcast networks this fall vs. last. The NFL is still the biggest TV game in town by a long shot: 44 of the 100 (or 103, including a few ties) highest-rated primetime telecasts of the year were NFL games.

Include other sports, and the number grows to 62. Entertainment shows make up the minority of the highest-rated programs.

]]>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/the-100-highest-rated-tv-programs-of-2017-60-sports-40-everything-else/feed/6oscars-top-100-of-2017tvbnrickOscars manage to grow some in week 23 broadcast Live +3 ratingshttp://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-23-broadcast-live-3-ratings-feb-20-26-2017/
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-23-broadcast-live-3-ratings-feb-20-26-2017/#respondSat, 04 Mar 2017 19:30:28 +0000http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/?p=505333The Oscars are a live event, and live events tend not to pick up a lot of viewers in the days after they air. That was the case, relatively speaking, with this year’s awards — they grew by just 3 percent in total viewers and 4 percent among adults 18-49.

Still, that means a little over a million people caught up with the Oscars in the three days after they aired, and about 450,000 of them were adults under 50. Here’s hoping they padded their DVR recordings enough to see the crazy ending to the show.

“This Is Us” is the top non-Oscar show in the Live +3 18-49 ratings, growing from a 2.5 to a 4.5. “NCIS” leads the viewer race among regular programming with 17.44 million.

Top 25 broadcast shows in Live +3 adults 18-49 for Feb. 20-26, 2017

Rank

Show

Net

L+3 18-49 rating

Gain vs. Live + SD

% gain vs. Live + SD

1

THE OSCARS – S

ABC

9.5

0.4

4%

2

LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET PT 3 – S

ABC

5.2

0.0

0%

3

THIS IS US

NBC

4.5

2.0

80%

4

THE BIG BANG THEORY

CBS

4.3

1.5

54%

5

LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET PT 2 – S

ABC

3.5

0.0

0%

6

GREY’S ANATOMY

ABC

3.1

1.1

55%

THE BACHELOR

ABC

3.1

0.6

24%

MODERN FAMILY

ABC

3.1

1.1

55%

9

HOW TO GET AWAY W/MURDER – F

ABC

2.5

1.1

79%

10

THE GOLDBERGS

ABC

2.3

0.5

28%

LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET PT 1 – S

ABC

2.3

0.1

5%

CHICAGO FIRE

NBC

2.3

0.7

44%

13

BLACK-ISH

ABC

2.2

0.6

38%

14

NCIS

CBS

2.1

0.5

31%

LAW & ORDER: SVU

NBC

2.1

0.8

62%

CHICAGO PD

NBC

2.1

0.8

62%

17

SPEECHLESS

ABC

1.9

0.3

19%

THE MIDDLE

ABC

1.9

0.4

27%

AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE

ABC

1.9

0.5

36%

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

1.9

0.6

46%

21

LETHAL WEAPON

FOX

1.8

0.4

29%

SHARK TANK

ABC

1.8

0.4

29%

SCORPION

CBS

1.8

0.6

50%

BULL

CBS

1.8

0.5

38%

MOM

CBS

1.8

0.4

29%

Top 25 broadcast shows in Live +3 viewers for Feb. 20-26, 2017

Rank

Show

Net

L+3 viewers (000s)

Gain vs. Live + SD (000s)

% gain vs. Live + SD

1

THE OSCARS – S

ABC

34,029

1,092

3%

2

LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET PT 3 – S

ABC

21,083

159

1%

3

NCIS

CBS

17,439

2,566

17%

4

THE BIG BANG THEORY

CBS

17,331

3,949

30%

5

LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET PT 2 – S

ABC

15,442

140

1%

6

THIS IS US

NBC

14,389

5,022

54%

7

BULL

CBS

13,339

2,674

25%

8

NCIS: NEW ORLEANS

CBS

12,640

3,064

32%

9

LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET PT 1 – S

ABC

11,621

146

1%

10

HAWAII FIVE-0

CBS

11,512

2,388

26%

11

CHICAGO FIRE

NBC

10,284

3,123

44%

12

GREY’S ANATOMY

ABC

10,278

2,559

33%

13

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

9,756

2,429

33%

14

SCORPION

CBS

9,733

2,538

35%

15

CHICAGO PD

NBC

9,601

2,924

44%

16

MODERN FAMILY

ABC

9,287

2,641

40%

17

THE BACHELOR

ABC

9,161

1,265

16%

18

MOM

CBS

9,036

1,418

19%

19

MACGYVER

CBS

8,457

1,528

22%

20

KEVIN CAN WAIT

CBS

8,207

914

13%

21

LAW & ORDER: SVU

NBC

8,161

2,397

42%

22

LAST MAN STANDING

ABC

8,134

1,533

23%

23

THE BLACKLIST

NBC

8,047

3,069

62%

24

LETHAL WEAPON

FOX

8,029

1,768

28%

25

THE GREAT INDOORS

CBS

8,024

735

10%

Source: The Nielsen Company.

]]>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-23-broadcast-live-3-ratings-feb-20-26-2017/feed/0oscars-l3-ratings-feb-26-17tvbnrickFaltering Oscars still sit atop the week 23 broadcast Top 25 and network rankingshttp://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/weekly-ratings/faltering-oscars-still-sit-atop-the-week-23-broadcast-top-25-and-network-rankings/
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/weekly-ratings/faltering-oscars-still-sit-atop-the-week-23-broadcast-top-25-and-network-rankings/#respondTue, 28 Feb 2017 23:11:22 +0000http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/?p=505214The Oscars are in a three-year slump, and Sunday’s show had the smallest audience in nine years.

But it’s relative. The Oscars still led the weekly ratings for Feb. 20-26 by huge margins and helped ABC score an easy win in the network race. The network’s 2.4 rating among adults 18-49 was more than double that of its closest competition (CBS and NBC, each at 1.0), and it led CBS by more than 2 million viewers.

The Oscar ceremony’s 9.1 rating was almost four points ahead of the No. 2 show (the final segment of the red carpet show). “The Big Bang Theory” (2.8 in adults 18-49) and “NCIS” (14.87 million viewers) were the top regular programs in their respective categories.

Here are the network standings for the week of Feb. 20-26 and the season to date.

Feb. 20-26

ABC

CBS

CW

FOX

NBC

TEL

UNI

Adults 18-49 rating/share (rank)

2.4/9 (1)

1.0/4 (2t)

0.5/2 (7)

0.8/3 (4)

1.0/4 (2t)

0.6/2 (6)

0.7/3 (5)

Viewers in millions (rank)

8.85 (1)

6.80 (2)

1.45 (7)

2.87 (4)

4.25 (3)

1.46 (6)

2.07 (5)

Season to date

ABC

CBS

CW

FOX

NBC

TEL

UNI

Adults 18-49 rating/share (rank)

1.7/6 (4)

1.9/7 (3)

0.6/2 (6t)

2.2/8 (2)

2.3/8 (1)

0.6/2 (6t)

0.7/2 (5)

Viewers in millions (rank)

6.50 (4)

10.05 (1)

1.80 (6)

7.01 (3)

8.67 (2)

1.64 (7)

1.88 (5)

Current week ratings are live + same-day. Season-to-date ratings are “most current,” a combination of Live +7 and same-day ratings.

The Oscar ceremony remained steady with the time zone-adjusted ratings from Sunday, hitting a nine-year low in viewers (32.94 million). Its 9.1 rating among adults 18-49 was the lowest in at least 20 years.

ABC’s red-carpet coverage prior to the awards finishes with a 3.6, down from 4.2 last year.

Upward adjustments in adults 18-49 are in blue; downward adjustments are in red.

Time

Show

Adults 18-49 Rating/Share

Viewers (millions)

7 p.m.

Oscars Opening Ceremony: Live from the Red Carpet (ABC) (7-8:30 p.m.)

3.6/12

15.88

60 Minutes (CBS)

0.8/3

6.41

Dateline (NBC) (7-9 p.m.)

0.8/3

4.78

Son of Zorn (FOX) – R

0.6/2

2.10

7:30 p.m.

Bob’s Burgers (FOX) – R

0.6/2

1.53

8 p.m.

60 Minutes (CBS)

0.7/2

5.06

The Simpsons (FOX) – R

0.9/3

2.02

8:30 p.m.

The Oscars (ABC) (8:30 p.m.-12:03 a.m.)

9.1/29

32.94

The Simpsons (FOX) – R

0.9/3

1.90

9 p.m.

Family Guy (FOX) – R

0.9/3

1.95

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) – R

0.6/2

4.16

Movie: Neighbors (NBC) (9-11 p.m.)

0.5/2

1.42

9:30 p.m.

Family Guy (FOX) – R

0.8/3

1.84

10 p.m.

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) – R

0.5/2

4.06

Network averages:

ABC

FOX

CBS

NBC

Adults 18-49 rating/share

7.4/23

0.8/3

0.6/2

0.6/2

Total Viewers (millions)

27.45

1.90

4.93

3.12

Definitions:
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.

Source: The Nielsen Company.

]]>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-feb-26-2017/feed/0oscars-red-carpet-ratings-feb-26-17tvbnrickFinal Oscars ratings don’t even measure the Best Picture gaffehttp://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/final-oscars-ratings-dont-even-measure-the-best-picture-gaffe/
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/final-oscars-ratings-dont-even-measure-the-best-picture-gaffe/#respondMon, 27 Feb 2017 20:25:51 +0000http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/?p=505119The Oscars pulled in an audience of 32.9 million people Sunday night, down about 4 percent from the 34.4 million who watched last year’s ceremony.

Down or not, that’s a lot of people — it’s second only to the Super Bowl in terms of viewership so far this year. But that figure doesn’t measure the entire show — the way the Nielsen ratings are designed, it flat excludes however many people were watching when the show ended in confusion over the winner of Best Picture (first mistakenly announced as “La La Land” and later corrected to actual winner “Moonlight”).

That’s due in part to a technicality in ratings measurement for live events, but also to the purpose of the ratings themselves. This site wouldn’t exist without them, and the numbers’ meaning is a perennial source of debate and worry for shows on the bubble for renewal. But the Nielsen ratings’ reason for existing is to tell TV networks how many people are watching the commercials they run.

An episode of “The Big Bang Theory” or “The Walking Dead” has a fixed running time, and its Nielsen ratings are a measure of the average audience for the whole show. The calculation is somewhat different for live telecasts like the Oscars, the Super Bowl or the Grammy Awards.

For live events whose run times are open-ended, Nielsen measures the audience from the start of the broadcast to the end of the last national commercial spot. In a lot of cases, the difference between the last ad and the end of the game or awards show might only be a couple of minutes — and doesn’t often include the moment that dominates conversation the day after.

Sunday’s Oscars, however, had both a significantly longer full running time (about 16 minutes past the final national ad at 12:03 a.m. ET) and an unprecedented mixup in the announcement of the night’s biggest award.

A couple of sizable caveats apply here: Shows like the Oscars tend lose audience as the night gets later. Sunday’s ceremony was the longest in 10 years (and the least-watched in nine), so those extra 16 minutes could have brought the average audience down a bit, even as the shock over the “Moonlight” mix-up likely sent a few people scrambling back to their TVs.

Second, any change in the numbers from adding those 16 minutes onto the average would likely be small. In a show with a running time of 3 hours, 49 minutes, 16 minutes represents only 7 percent of the show.

Below are the Oscar ratings from this decade. Sunday’s declines continue a three-year slump since the highs of 2014.

UPDATED: Time zone-adjusted ratings for the Oscars have them down from last year’s awards. The decline in total audience was fairly small — about 4 percent, with 32.9 million people tuning in Sunday vs. 34.42 million last year.

The drop among younger viewers, however, was considerably larger: Sunday’s 9.1 rating represents a 13 percent drop from last year’s 10.5. It’s the lowest 18-49 rating for the show in more than 20 years.

The original post is below.

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Preliminary ratings for the Oscars on Sunday are in line with the 2016 ceremony.

In the metered-market ratings from 8:30 p.m.-midnight ET, the awards drew a 22.4 rating/36 share in households and 12.7/36 among adults 18-49. That’s essentially even with the early 22.5/36 and 13.0/36 in the metered markets last year.

The 2016 Oscars had the ceremony’s lowest ratings since 2008.

Fast nationals have the prime-time portion of the ceremony at an 8.7 in adults 18-49 and 29.07 million viewers. The ceremony ran past midnight ET, so significant adjustments may be on the way. ABC expects to have time zone-adjusted numbers in the afternoon.

The other networks aired a slate of reruns against the Oscars. FOX had the next-best rating on the night with a 0.8, pending updates.

Network averages:

ABC

FOX

CBS

NBC

Adults 18-49 rating/share

7.4/23

0.8/3

0.6/2

0.6/2

Total Viewers (millions)

27.45

1.90

4.93

3.12

Definitions:
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.